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S T A T U T O R Y   I N S T R U M E N T S  
2005 No. 378 
ROAD TRAFFIC 
The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking 
Area) (City of Coventry) Order 2005 
Made - -  - - 
22nd 
February 
2005 
Laid before Parliament 
28th February 2005 
Coming into force  - 

4th April 2005 
Whereas the Council of the City of Coventry has applied to the Secretary of State for an order to 
be made under paragraphs 1(1) and 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991(a) with 
respect to the whole of its area and the Secretary of State has consulted the Chief Constable of the 
West Midlands Police in accordance with the requirements of paragraphs 1(3) and 2(3) of that 
Schedule and the Council on Tribunals in accordance with the requirements of section 8 of the 
Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992(b);
NOW, the Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 
1(1), 2(1) and 3(3) of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 and of all other powers enabling 
him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order: 
Citation and commencement 
1. This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking 
Area) (City of Coventry) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 4th April 2005. 
Interpretation
2. In this Order— 
“the 1984 Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(c);
“the 1991 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1991; and 
“the parking area” means the area designated as a permitted parking area and as a special 
parking area by article 4 of this Order. 
(a)  1991 c.40. Schedule 3 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (Amendment of Schedule 3) (England and Wales) Order 
1996 (S.I. 1996/500) and by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (Special Parking Areas) (England) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/859) as 
regards England. 
(b) 1992 c.53. 
(c)  1984 c.27.  Section 32(4)(a) was amended by the Local Government Act 1985. Section 45(1) was substituted by the New 
Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c.22) Schedule 8, paragraphs 39 and 44.  Sections 46(1A), 63A and 101(4A) and (5A) 
were inserted by the Road Traffic Act 1991, sections 64(2), 44(1) and 67(4) and (6).  Section 102(8) was amended by the 
Road Traffic Act 1991, section 68(3).  Section 121A was inserted by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c.22), 
section 168(1) and Schedule 8, paragraph 70.
[DfT 13483] 

Application 
3. This Order applies to the whole of the City of Coventry  except— 
(a) the entire length of the M6 within the city; 
(b) the entire length of the A45, including its on and off slip roads, within the city; 
(c) the entire length of the A46 within the city; 
(d) the A444— 
(i) from its roundabout junction with the B4118, Holbrook Way (and including the 
roundabout at that junction) to its junction with the A428, Binley Road; and 
(ii) from the southern boundary of the city, including its on and off slip-roads, to its 
junction with the A4082 roundabout, and including that roundabout and slip road 
flyover. 
(e) the A4114 from the southern side of the London Road Railway Bridge, London Road to 
its junction with the A4082 roundabout; 
(f) the entire length of the A4053, City Centre Ring Road, including its on and off slip roads; 
and
(g) Leaf Lane from its junction with Black Prince Avenue to its junction with the A444. 
Designation of permitted parking area and special parking area 
4. The Secretary of State hereby designates the area to which this Order applies  as— 
(a) a permitted parking area; and 
(b) a special parking area. 
Modification and application of Part II of the 1991 Act 
5. Sections 66, 69 to 74, 78, 79 and 82 of, and Schedule 6 to, the 1991 Act, shall apply in 
relation to the parking area and as so applied shall have effect subject to the modifications 
specified in Schedule 1 to this Order. 
Modification of other provisions 
6. The 1984 Act shall be modified in relation to the parking area as specified in Schedule 2 to 
this Order. 
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State 
Charlotte Atkins 
 
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 
                 22nd February 2005 
Department for Transport 
 
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 SCHEDULE 

Article 5 
MODIFICATIONS OF PROVISIONS OF PART II OF THE ROAD 
TRAFFIC ACT 1991 APPLIED IN RELATION TO THE PARKING 
AREA
1.—(1) Section 66 shall be modified as follows. 
(2) In subsection (1) the words “in a designated parking place” shall be omitted. 
(3) Subsection (2) shall be omitted. 
(4) In subsection (3)— 
(a) in paragraph (d) for the words “the specified proportion” there shall be substituted “one 
half”; and 
(b) in paragraph (e) for the words “the London authority” there shall be substituted “the 
parking authority”. 
(5) Subsection (4) shall be omitted. 
(6) In subsection (5) for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted— 
“(b) the parking authority.” 
2.—(1) Section 69 shall be modified as follows. 
(2) For subsection (1) there shall be substituted— 
(1) Where, in the case of a stationary vehicle, a parking attendant has reason to believe 
that it has been allowed to remain at rest in any of the circumstances in which a penalty 
charge is payable under this Act, he or another person acting under his direction may fix an 
immobilisation device to the vehicle.
(3) For subsection (8) there shall be substituted— 
(8) In this section “relevant authority” means the parking authority.
3.—(1) Section 71 shall be modified as follows. 
(2) In subsection (1) for the words “a London authority” there shall be substituted “the parking 
authority”. 
(3) For subsection (4) there shall be substituted— 
“(4) The grounds are— 
(a)  that there were no reasonable grounds for the parking attendant concerned to 
believe that the vehicle had been permitted to remain at rest in the parking area in 
circumstances in which a penalty charge was payable; 
(b)  that the vehicle had been permitted to remain at rest in the place where it was by a 
person who was in control of the vehicle without the consent of the owner; 
(c)  that the place where the vehicle was at rest was not in the parking area; 
(d)  in a case within subsection (1)(d) above, that, by virtue of an exemption given by 
section 70 of this Act, section 69 did not apply to the vehicle in question; or 
(e)  that the penalty or other charge in question exceeded the amount applicable in the 
circumstances of the case.
4.—(1) Section 73 shall be modified as follows. 
(2) For subsections (1) to (3) there shall be substituted— 
 
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(1) The functions conferred on the parking authorities by this section shall be 
discharged by them through a joint committee (“the Joint Committee”) which has been set 
up in pursuance of arrangements entered into under section 101(5) of the Local 
Government Act 1972(a) and of which the parking authority and at least two other local 
authorities are constituent authorities. 
(2) In subsection (1) “local authorities” means authorities which are county or district 
councils in England or county or county borough councils in Wales in whose areas 
permitted parking areas or special parking areas have been designated under Schedule 3 to 
this Act. 
(3) The parking authority shall— 
(a)  with the consent of the Lord Chancellor appoint persons to act as parking 
adjudicators for the purposes of this act in relation to the parking area; 
(b)  provide or secure the provision of accommodation and administrative staff for 
parking adjudicators so appointed; and 
(c)  determine the places at which such parking adjudicators are to sit.
(3) In subsection (5) for the words “the appointing authorities” there shall be substituted “the 
parking authority”. 
(4) Subsections (8) to (10) shall be omitted. 
(5) After subsection (12) there shall be inserted the following subsection— 
(12A) The Road Traffic (Parking Adjudicators) (England and Wales) Regulations 
1999(b) shall apply to the parking area as they apply to the areas designated by the Orders 
listed in the Schedule to those Regulations.
5. For section 74 there shall be substituted the following section— 
“74.—(1) It shall be the duty of the parking authority to set the levels of additional 
parking charges to apply in the parking area. 
(2) Different levels may be set for different parts of the parking area. 
(3) The levels of additional parking charges set by the parking authority under this section 
shall accord with guidance given by the Secretary of State whether such guidance is given 
specifically to the parking authority or to local authorities generally. 
(4) Guidance given by the Secretary of State under subsection (3) above may be varied at 
any time by the Secretary of State. 
(5) The parking authority shall publish, in such manner as the Secretary of State may 
determine, the levels of additional parking charges which have been set under this section. 
(6) In this section “additional parking charges” means penalty charges, charges made by 
the parking authority for the removal, storage and disposal of vehicles and charges for the 
release of vehicles from immobilisation devices fixed under section 69 of this Act.
6.—(1) Section 78 shall be modified as follows. 
(2) After subsection (7) there shall be inserted the following subsection— 
(8) Any order made under subsection (2), and any regulations made under subsection 
(4), of this section shall apply with necessary modifications, including in particular the 
substitution for references to a London authority of references to the parking authority, in 
relation to the recovery of Part II debts payable in relation to the parking area.
7.—(1) Section 82 shall be modified as follows. 
(2) For subsection (1) there shall be substituted— 
(a) 1972 c.70. 
(b) S.I. 1999/1918. 
 
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(1) In this section and sections 66, 69 to 74, 78 and 79 of, and Schedule 6 to, this Act— 
“immobilisation device” has the same meaning as in section 104(9) of the Road Traffic 
Regulation Act 1984; 
“the Joint Committee” has the meaning given by section 73(1) of this Act; 
“the parking area” means the area designated as a permitted parking area and as a 
special parking area by the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking 
Area) (City of Coventry) Order 2005; 
“parking attendant” has the same meaning as in section 63A of the Road Traffic 
Regulation Act 1984; 
“parking authority” means the Council of the City of Coventry; 
“penalty charge” means a penalty charge which is payable by virtue of paragraph 3(1) 
and (2) of Schedule 3 to this Act; 
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State; 
“vehicle hiring agreement” and “vehicle-hire firm” have the same meanings as in 
section 66 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988(a) (hired vehicles).
(3) In subsection (5) for the words “the London authority concerned” there shall be substituted 
“the parking authority”. 
8.—(1) Schedule 6 shall be modified as follows. 
(2) In paragraph 1(1) for the words “the London authority concerned” there shall be substituted 
“the parking authority”. 
(3) In paragraph 2— 
(a) in sub-paragraph (1) for the words “the London authority who served the notice on him” 
there shall be substituted “the parking authority”; 
(b) in sub-paragraph (2) for the words “in such form as” to the end of the sub-paragraph there 
shall be substituted “in writing”; 
(c) in sub-paragraph (3) for the words “The authority” there shall be substituted “The parking 
authority”; 
(d) in sub-paragraph (4) for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted— 
(c) that the vehicle has been permitted to remain at rest in the parking area by the 
person who was in control of the vehicle without the consent of the owner.; and 
(e) in sub-paragraph (7) for the words “an authority to whom representations are duly made” 
there shall be substituted “the parking authority when representations are duly made to 
it”. 
(4) In paragraph 3 for the words “the London authority concerned” in both places where they 
occur there shall be substituted “the parking authority”. 
(5) In paragraph 4 for the words “the London authority concerned” and for the words “the 
authority” there shall be substituted “the parking authority”. 
(6) In paragraph 5— 
(a) in sub-paragraph (1) for the words “an authority” there shall be substituted “the parking 
authority” and for the words “the authority’s decision” there shall be substituted “the 
parking authority’s decision”; 
(b) in sub-paragraph (2) for the words “the London authority concerned” there shall be 
substituted “the parking authority”; and 
(c) for sub-paragraph (3) there shall be substituted— 
(a) 1988 c.53. 
 
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(3) It shall be the duty of the parking authority to comply with any direction given to it 
under sub-paragraph (2) above.
(7) In paragraph 6— 
(a) in sub-paragraph (1) for the words “the authority serving the notice” there shall be 
substituted “the parking authority”; and 
(b) in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii) for the words “the authority concerned” there shall be 
substituted “the parking authority”. 
(8) In paragraph 7, for the words “the authority concerned” there shall be substituted “the 
parking authority”. 
(9) In paragraph 8— 
(a) in sub-paragraphs (2)(b) and (5)(d) for the words “the London authority concerned” in 
both places where they occur there shall be substituted “the parking authority”; and 
(b) in sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) for the words “the London authority” in both places where 
they occur there shall be substituted “the parking authority”. 
 
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 SCHEDULE 

Article 6 
MODIFICATION OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 
1984 
1.—(1) Section 46 shall be modified as follows. 
(2) Subsection (1) shall be omitted. 
(3) In subsection (1A) for “Greater London” there shall be substituted “the parking area”. 
2.—(1) Section 55 shall be amended as follows. 
(2) For subsection (1) there shall be substituted— 
(1) A local authority shall keep an account— 
(a)  of their income and expenditure in respect of designated parking places for which 
they are the local authority and which are in the permitted parking area; and 
(b)  of their income from additional parking charges (within the meaning of section 
74(6) of the Road Traffic Act 1991) received by them in respect of vehicles found 
within the special parking area and the expenditure incurred by them in relation to 
that area by virtue of any provision of Part II of the Road Traffic Act 1991 as it 
applies in relation to that area. 
(1A) As soon as reasonably possible after the end of each financial year the local 
authority shall forward to the Secretary of State a copy of the account for that year.
(3) Subsections (3A) and (3B) shall be omitted. 
3. In section 63A(4)— 
(a) for the words “Greater London” there shall be substituted “the parking area”; and 
(b) for the words “Greater London Authority” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State”. 
4.—(1) Section 101 shall be modified as follows. 
(2) Subsection (4) shall be omitted. 
(3) In subsection (4A) for the words “Greater London” there shall be substituted “the parking 
area”.
(4) Subsection (5) shall be omitted. 
(5) In subsection (5A) for the words “Greater London” there shall be substituted “the parking 
area”.
5.—(1) Section 102 shall be modified as follows. 
(2) For subsection (1) there shall be substituted— 
(1) If a vehicle is removed from the parking area in circumstances in which an offence 
would have been committed but for the provisions of paragraph 1(4) or 2(4) of Schedule 3 
to the Road Traffic Act 1991, the local authority shall be entitled to recover from any 
person responsible, such charges in respect of the removal, storage and disposal of the 
vehicle, as they may require.
(3) Subsection (2) shall be omitted. 
(4) In subsection (4) for the words “by virtue of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2) above” 
there shall be substituted the words “by virtue of subsection (1) above”. 
(5) In subsection (8) in paragraph (b) of the definition of “appropriate authority” for “Greater 
London” there shall be substituted “the parking area”. 
 
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6. In section 142(1) after the definition of “owner” there shall be inserted— 
“the parking area” means the area designated as a permitted parking area and as a 
special parking area by the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking 
Area) (City of Coventry) Order 2005 and “permitted parking area” and “special parking 
area” are to be read accordingly;.
 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
(This note is not part of the Order) 
This Order applies to the whole of the City of Coventry, except the roads specified in article 3. 
The Order designates the City of Coventry, other than the excepted roads, as both a permitted 
parking area and a special parking area in accordance with Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 
1991.  It also applies with modifications various provisions of Part II of that Act to the designated 
area and modifies the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 in relation to the designated area.  A full 
regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the 
costs of business. 
 
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2005 No. 378 
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